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oasis
/oʊˈeɪsɪs/
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What does oasis mean?
noun
- A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
- (figuratively) A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.
- (figuratively) A place or situation of fruitfulness or abundance separated from surrounding barrenness or scarcity.
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proper noun
- Acronym of Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards.
- A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.
- A census-designated place in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/oʊˈeɪsɪs/
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The pages she devotes to them in her Histoire de ma vie have all the freshness of an oasis.
The oasis of the Otrádnoe covert came in sight a few hundred yards off, the huntsmen were already nearing it.
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Then the men and women and children all mount camels and horses and donkeys, and the whole tribe moves to another oasis.
The tea-room was an oasis in the dreary waste of existence where weary travellers could meet to drink from the common spring of art-appreciation.
Tom said to keep a sharp lookout, all around, everywheres, because we’d got to find an oasis or there warn’t no telling what would happen.